2 bytes to short java

java type-conversion byte core short
Nilesh picture Nilesh · Apr 10, 2009 · Viewed 63.9k times · Source

i'm reading 133 length packet from serialport,last 2 bytes contain CRC values,2 bytes value i've make single(short i think) using java. this what i have done,

short high=(-48 & 0x00ff);
short low=80;

short c=(short) ((high<<8)+low);

but i'm not getting correct result,is it problem because signed valued? how can i solve this problem,plz help me i'm in trouble

Answer

Neil Coffey picture Neil Coffey · Apr 10, 2009

Remember, you don't have to tie yourself in knots with bit shifting if you're not too familiar with the details. You can use a ByteBuffer to help you out:

ByteBuffer bb = ByteBuffer.allocate(2);
bb.order(ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN);
bb.put(firstByte);
bb.put(secondByte);
short shortVal = bb.getShort(0);

And vice versa, you can put a short, then pull out bytes.

By the way, bitwise operations automatically promote the operands to at least the width of an int. There's really no notion of "not being allowed to shift a byte more than 7 bits" and other rumours that seem to be going round.

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